Advanced customization of product with many options/variants

-- url of the page with the problem -- : www.javelincommunications.com/build-you-dream-stanchion
-- HikaShop version -- : 4.7.1
-- Joomla version -- : 3.10.11

Thanks to Hika team for helping me make a prototype of an advanced product with eight options and 20 variants, dispensing with the need for dozens and dozens of separate products. It can be seen here. www.javelincommunications.com/build-you-dream-stanchion

Everything works, but there are some unfriendly user aspects.

1. The product main price is irrelevant and may only serve to confuse the user. Ideally we only would show "Price with options." Is that possible on a selective basis, instead of using a global PHP or CSS that cascades to all products? (The site I am doing will have a bunch of separate products displayed conventionally; so in those cases we will need to show base price.)

2. Ideally we would want a top text field which says: "Select options to see price." Can it be done?

3. In inspecting the source, I see that the layout is tabular. It has been some years since I last worked with that. Where can I edit the table style to increase line spacing, bortders and colors etc? Had a hard time scoping out location of souorce code.

Thank you,
-Jim Gribble

I'm sure I'll have some more questions as I stumble forward! But thanks for showing me that what I want to do can be done. It does appear we can deliver this customer's dream solution to his ecommece challenges.
-Jim Gribble

Since I am a little concerned about breaking something but accident, I am going to take these questions one at a time to confirm my understanding.

Here (see screenshot), to save a new layout, I just overwrite "default" to whatever name I want to use.
Correct? (I was looking for the usual Joomla option to "save file as.")
And then, how do I apply the new layout to my multipurpose product?
Like, will it show up here?

Thank you!
-Jim Gribble

2. Sure. In the same view override (as explained in point 1), you can add your text where you want.
Above the options container, I want to have a heading which says: Select Options To See Price.
I'd like that text to be sized at 20px with 1.5 line height, font-weight bold.
Are you saying there's a way to add that via the PHP file?
While I've learned to read and edit PHP over the years, this is a possibility I wasn't aware of, perhaps because I am self taught. I've read up on several different possibilities, but it is hard to know which one will work with, if any,
Please walk me through the steps to publish my heading, "Select Options To See Price."
Thank you,
-Jim Gribble

Thank you for this. Fortunately I do know advanced HTML and CSS. But have never used PHP in this way. I take it I just add the style via the custom CSS file?
-Jim Gribble

Thanks again for all your help!